Kinkaku-ji Temple, officially known as Shikaen-ji Temple, located in Kita-ku, Kyoto, Japan, is a temple of the Rinzai Sect's Xiangguo-ji Temple, and the most representative garden of the Muromachi period in Japan.
Kinkaku-ji Temple is named after Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, the famous ashikaga shogun of the third shogunate in the Muromachi period in Japan, and is also called "Kinkaku-ji Temple" because the outer wall of the temple's core building, "Sari-den", is decorated with gold leaf.
When we came to the main entrance of Kinkaku-ji Temple, the small temple gate, the earth-yellow wall, the cyan tiles, the woody door panels, simple and elegant, like a typical family style house.
A stone stele in front of the door is inscribed with the inscription "World Heritage - Kinkaku Luyuan Temple"
The stone tablet in front of the door is inscribed with the words "World Heritage, Kinkaku-Luyuan Temple" on the obverse, and the side is inscribed with the December 1994 registration, which means that this temple has been listed as a World Cultural Heritage Site since 1994.
When we entered Kinkaku-ji Temple and followed the path inside the temple to the edge of Mirror Lake, we saw a three-story building shining in the lake, which is the main building in Kinkaku-ji Temple, kinkaku-ji Temple, which is also famous for this golden shreley hall in the temple.
On that day, the weather was very powerful, blue sky and white clouds, overlooking the Relic Hall on the other side of the lake, reflecting the golden pavilion and the blue sky in the pool of mirror lake, reflecting each other, incomparably beautiful.
Here is the best place to shoot, tourists have taken out their cameras, mobile phones to shoot, leaving this rare delicacy. There are a lot of tourists here, but it is difficult to take pictures here, because the guardrail is always full of people taking pictures.
Although the simple and elegant ancient buildings by the lake form a sharp contrast with the colors of the golden shrine hall, they make people feel that they complement each other and look very comfortable.
The temple is not only unique to the ancient buildings, but also the mountain and lake views are also beautiful.
Kinkaku-Sari Hall This residential-style building, with the shape of the Buddhist hall, harmonious and elegant, three different styles of different eras, but can coexist on a building, worthy of the masterpiece of courtyard architecture.
We looked out from the other side of the lake, and the "Kinkaku-ShreiDen" on the water of a pool of blue waves was like a beautiful boat docked on the shore across the sea.
Then, we walked around the lake to see this unique Golden Pavilion - Relic Hall from different angles----
Looking out at the top of the temple, there is a golden phoenix decoration that symbolizes auspiciousness
Come to the Golden Pavilion - The Side of the Pavilion next to the poolside of Jinghu Lake, and you can get a close look at this three-story pavilion-like building. According to the Japanese tour guide Rusang, the first floor of the Kinkaku-Sari-den is the architectural style "Hosui-in" (which belongs to the style of sleeping halls, that is, the aristocratic architectural style of the Heian period), the second floor is the architectural style of the Kamakura period "Shioyin-dong" (a kind of samurai-made, meaning samurai architectural style), and the third floor is the Chinese (Tang Dynasty) architectural style "Tochiding" (zen Buddhist temple building). The temple has a pagoda-like structure at the top and a golden phoenix decoration that only symbolizes auspiciousness at the top.
Different angles of the Golden Pavilion - Sari Hall
The appearance of this "building with few pillars around it" looks like a residential-style building, and it is accompanied by the shape of a Buddhist hall, that is, harmonious and elegant, and rich and atmospheric, worthy of being a masterpiece of courtyard architecture.
Three different styles of different eras, but can coexist on a single building, this unique architectural style, showing ashikaga Yoshiman's absorption of various cultures and taste. In addition, there are many unique Japanese landscapes in the Ikezumi-huiyu garden modeled after Mount Igakasa, making it one of the most iconic gardens of japan's Muromachi period.
Exterior photos of the interior of the Golden Pavilion-Shrine and winter
Because the interior of the Golden Pavilion and the Shrine hall is not allowed to be entered by tourists, the decoration and decoration of the interior can only be seen through this display board next to the shrine.
Kinkaku-ji Temple was not only designated as a national treasure by the Japanese government before World War II, but was also designated a Unesco World Heritage Site in December 1994. However, the famous Kinkaku-ji Temple was built as a villa.
In the first year of The Year of Yingnei (1394), Ashikaga Yoshiman began to build a large number of works after exchanging his domain in Hanoi with the Saien-ji clan for this mountain villa, which was then known as "KitaYamadi". The following year, he relieved himself of his post as Shogi Andi and gave way to his son Ashikaga Yoshinori and became a monk, retaining only the title of Governor of Taizheng, and in the fourth year of Ying Yong (1397), he renamed Kitayamadō "Kitayama-den" and used the Shrine as his place of meditation. Because Ashikaga Yoshimitsu built the shrine to a magnificent state, people at that time already called it the "Golden Pavilion Hall". After Ashikaga Yoshimitsu's death, his son Ashikaga Yoshinori followed his last wishes and changed the Kitayama-den temple from a mansion to a Zen temple, and named it Luyuan Temple after Yoshimitsu's dharma name.
In the ensuing Yingren Rebellion, most of the buildings in the territory of Luyuan Temple were burned down, and only the main building, the Sheriden Hall, was spared, becoming the only remaining architectural site of the Kitayama culture, so it was listed as a national treasure by the Japanese government before World War II.
In the early morning of July 2, 1950, the Kyoto City Fire Brigade received a fire alarm called Kinkaku-ji Temple. By the time the fire brigade arrived at Kinkaku-ji Temple, the shrine had already set off a raging fire, because the fire was too great for the firefighters to put out the fire. Not only were all the shrines burned down, but the wooden statues of Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, the third shogun of the Muromachi shogunate, the statues of Kannon Bodhisattva and Rulai Buddha, as well as many Buddhist scriptures, were also burned.
The gardeners in the temple are sorting out the flowers
Police investigations found that Lam Seung-yin, a 21-year-old trainee monk at the temple, was missing after the arson. On the evening of July 2, the police found Lin Chengxian on Zuo Dawen Mountain behind the monastery that Lin Chengxian had swallowed sleeping pills and was plotting suicide by cutting his abdomen. The police arrested him on suspicion of arson and sent him to the hospital for emergency treatment, after which his injuries improved, and Lin Chengxian recovered a life.
Unfortunately, Kinkaku-ji Temple, which was fortunate enough to escape the bombing of the Us army during World War II, was destroyed by the Japanese themselves, and the reason for the 21-year-old trainee monk, Lin Seung-hyun, was the one who set the fire; I was jealous of the beauty of Kinkaku-ji Temple.
Why did Lin Chengxian set fire to the Kinkaku Temple? This has to start with Lin Chengxian's father;
Lin Chengxian's father was also a monk, and he was the abbot of a small temple in a small fishing village near Tsurumai. He was frail and sick for many years, and when Lin Chengxian went to middle school, his condition deteriorated. For the sake of his son's future life, his father wrote a letter to the abbot of Kinkaku-ji Temple, where he had never lived, imploring him to be accepted as an apprentice.
Upon receiving the letter, the abbot of Kinkaku-ji Temple agreed to accept the apprentice, whom he had never met. In this way, Lin Chengxian entered the Golden Pavilion Temple as a trainee monk. Soon after, Lin Seung-hyun's father died. After Lin Chengxian graduated from the Zen Gate Academy Garden High School in Sangkoku-ji Temple, the temple paid for him to continue his studies in Buddhism at Otani University.
However, Lin Chengxian has an innate flaw - severe stuttering, for which he is not less bullied by children of the same age. Stuttering makes him inferior, introverted, and unsociable.
As we age, personality shortcomings, far from improving, become more serious. After going to college, Lin Chengxian felt that he must be very unpopular with the people around him, and the elders in the temple must have hated him. Originally excellent results, when he reached his junior year, his grades fell again and again. After that, he went to school for fewer and fewer days, which eventually led to a complete failure of his studies.
Loneliness, anxiety, confusion, confusion and other reasons have distorted Lin Chengxian's mind. He wants to take revenge on society and shock society. He chose to set fire to the Kinkaku-ji Temple and destroy himself.
Many Japanese people in kimono at Kinkaku-ji Temple are also a sight to behold
He originally wanted to light the fire and die with the national treasure in the temple, but for some reason he escaped from the fire, ran to the back hill of the temple, swallowed sleeping pills, and committed suicide by caesarean section (attempt).
After his accident, his mother was picked up by the police from her hometown for interrogation so that the police could understand his motives. When his mother learned that her son had committed a heinous crime, he was mentally devastated and committed suicide by jumping off a train on the way back.
It is said that Lin Yangxian was sentenced to 7 years in prison by the court, and lin Chengxian was hospitalized for tuberculosis and mental disorders in prison, and died in the hospital on March 7, 1956. It was because of jealousy that this young man caused two major tragedies in the country and the family.
Young Japanese people wear kimonos, adding to the charm of this temple with a unique Japanese character
Therefore, the shrine we see now was restored and built in 1955, and the gold leaf decoration on the outer wall of the entire hall was completely replaced in 1987 in 1987, and the current state of the Kinkaku-Shōryden Hall was completely replaced.
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Lotto Travel Network and Lotto Inspiration Traveler: Golden Autumn Leisure Tour Released: 2019.06.26